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Bataan Death March

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Date created
May 1942
Location
Philippine Islands
License
This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
Source
Original image housed by National Archives and Records Administration

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Prisoners of the Bataan Death March.

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With their arms tied behind their backs, prisoners of the infamous Bataan Death March rest against a bank along the trail. One of the prisoners has a woven reed basket hanging around his neck. Another prisoner has injuries to his face. A man stands in front of them with his hand on a canteen that is hanging on his shoulder. The prisoners were marched 60 miles, from Bataan to a prison camp in Cabanatuan, in the Philippines.